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paravant

paravant adverb: pre-eminently; first.

Adverb

paravant (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Pre-eminently; first.

Forms of paravant

alternative formparavaunt

Origin of paravant

From Middle French paravant, from par + avant.

Questions about paravant

What does paravant mean?
Paravant means pre-eminently; first.
What part of speech is paravant?
Paravant is an adverb.

Words near paravant in the dictionary

  1. paravale
  2. paravalvar
  3. paravalvular
  4. paravane
  5. paravanes
  6. paravant
  7. paravariceal
  8. paravascular
  9. paravascularly
  10. paravaunt
  11. paravauxite

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